Japanese air raid over Saipan during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers parked at an airfield in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Crewmen work on a B-29. Pilots being briefed by USAAF Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnel. B-29s take off from an airbase. B-29s fly through flak. Bombing of Tokyo by B-29s. Wreckage of B-29s after Japanese air raid on Saipan. Firefighters in action. Black smoke rises from the burning B-29s. A Japanese plane goes into a kamikaze suicide dive over Saipan.
The Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes Mountains region in the European Theater during World War II. U.S. troops retreat and lay barbed wire and land mines during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. U.S. Army Air Force bomber planes drop bombs. German prisoners of war march under guard.
Scenes from the Battle of the Bulge, and siege of Bastogne during World War Two. Large numbers of United States Army Air Force C-47B Skytrain transport planes drop parachute supplies for troops at Bastogne, Belgium. Ruins of the town of Bastogne. A street littered with dead bodies and rubble. U.S. troops advancing into the town of Haguenau on the border with Germany, and further into Germany, itself. American MPs (Military Police) search civilians and check identity cards and check U.S. soldiers in military vehicles to guard against Germans in American uniforms. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks move ahead on the front. Artillery being fired. Troops engage in street fighting. Group of Alsatian women rejoice as they are being released from a prison, where they had been held by Germans. U.S. troops advance through a wooded area. U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes speaks about the sacrifices of U.S. troops who are fighting and dying for their country and appeals to Americans, safe at home, to work for the war effort.
Testing of U.S. buzz bombs at Dearborn, Michigan. U.S. buzz bombs, duplicates of German V-1 bombs, being produced and fuselage is assembled at Toledo, Ohio. Jet engines are assembled at Dearborn, Michigan. Raymond Blough and Henry Ford II watch the operations. A static test of jet engine of U.S. buzz bombs. Fly-bys of U.S. buzz bombs.
Use of Norden bombsight by United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Shows Norden bomb sight being unloaded from an aircraft. U.S. planes in flight. A bombardier at a bombsight aboard a U.S. bomber plane. U.S. pilots being briefed in England. Bombs are loaded on planes. United States Army Air Force B-24J Liberator bomber planes in flight. The bombardier at a bombsight aboard a USAAF B-17G Flying Fortress bomber plane. B-24Js under attack by German Messerschmitt planes. Bombs are released from a plane. The bombs explode over targets on the ground.
Film titled ‘Remember These Faces’ shows U.S. troops land on an enemy island during a Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. warship fires guns towards an enemy island in the Pacific Ocean. Landing craft underway as they head for beach. Supplies, troops, and equipment being readied to be transported on beach. Troops disembark from ship onto LCMs (Landing Craft, Mechanized). LCMs head for the beach. Warship’s gun fire at shoreline. Enemy bombers in flight overhead as they attack the U.S. troops heading for the beach. Amphibious vehicles of U.S. army hit the beaches. Troops advance inland under bombardment. Dead bodies of soldiers on beach. Troops with rifles advance inland.
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